The global schooner
Subtitle: origins, development, design & construction 1695-1845
By: Karl Heinz Marquardt.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Annapolis, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Schooners -- History.; Schooners -- Design and construction.
Table of contents: title: The origin of schooners: how it began, the birth of the schooner, first seventy years of schooner development in Europe and America; title: Yachts, navy sloops and privateers; title: Coast guards and gunboats; title: Merchantmen and slavers; title: Construction and fitting; title: Masting and rigging; title: Armament and furniture; title: Appendix 1. Timber dimensions 1768-1858; title: Appendix 2. Mast and spar dimensions, 1735-1858; title: Appendix 3. Rigging dimensions, 1818-1864; title: Appendix 4. Furniture etc.